The Biden administration is weighing expanding cooperation with the Taliban to fight elusive ISIS-K militants, who pose a growing global terrorist threat.
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Skydance and National Amusements near Paramount deal as special committee reviews terms
David Ellison’s Skydance has reached a preliminary deal with Shari Redstone’s National Amusements to merge with Paramount, according to two people familiar with the matter, resurrecting a deal which failed just weeks earlier.
Deadly Hurricane Beryl takes aim at Jamaica
Hurricane Beryl is bearing down on Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm after causing widespread destruction and killing at least six people elsewhere in the Caribbean. NBC News’ Sam Brock reports.
Former Mississippi governor demands sources, sues reporters and editors for defamation
A former Mississippi governor, Phil Bryant, is suing the newspaper Mississippi Today, one of its reporters and others for defamation, saying the paper wrongly accused him of a crime. The case involves the newspaper’s reporting about a fraud scandal for which it won a Pulitzer Prize. Bryant says he did nothing wrong. NBC News’ Ken Dilanian reports.
Conservative legal scholars say the Supreme Court’s Trump immunity decision isn’t conservative
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant former President Donald Trump absolute immunity for some of his conduct in seeking to overturn the 2020 election has attracted a chorus of criticism from those who saw it as another sign of conservative justices abandoning their own judicial philosophy.
‘NEETS’ and ‘new unemployables’: Why some young adults aren’t working
Although the unemployment rate has spent 30 months at or below below 4% — a near record — not everyone who wants a job has one.
GM reports best U.S. quarterly sales since 2020
General Motors reported its best quarterly sales in more than three years, including notable increases in full-size pickup trucks and all-electric vehicles.
How thousands of Americans got caught in fintech’s false promise
When Natasha Craft first got a Yotta banking account in 2021, she loved using it so much she told her friends to sign up.
Tesla shares rise on better-than-expected Q2 deliveries report
Tesla on Tuesday posted its second-quarter vehicle production and deliveries numbers for 2024, beating analysts expectations.
NFL-backed group lines up ‘Sunday Ticket’ streaming for bars, restaurants
A satellite dish is no longer the only way bars and restaurants can air the National Football League’s package of “Sunday Ticket” games.